Re: Getting Started1;2c
> I read some mail about building clusters, but i don't know anything
> about doing it. I'm using SuSE linux not Debian :-( but I can use and
> install PVM package. I plan use a Pentium 120 and diskless 486SX on 10Mb
> ethernet to try it (I've no money). Can anyone help me? I have PVM
> manual, but it's very very large to read and understand; beowulf howto
> has not enough info. So if anyone of you could be so patient to me and
> can help me (sorry for my english) I'll be very happy ;-)
Well, there seem to be several different issues mixed up in your message.
Building, operating and using a cluster requires several different types
of activity and phases of learning, let me point them out.
1) Assembling the hardware and making it operate in a stable manner.
2) Installing and configuring the operational system on each machine.
3) Configuring the network and clustering (integrating) the machines.
4) Configuring this cluster so that both its use and its administration
are easy even with multiple users submitting multiple tasks to it.
5) Doing parallel programming and using the PVM and/or MPI message passing
interfaces within either C or Fortran.
You may have to do all these things, problably more or less in this order,
so you have a long way to go. Where would you like to start?
Cheers,
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Jorge L. deLyra, Associate Professor of Physics
The University of Sao Paulo, IFUSP-DFMA
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Jorge L. deLyra, Associate Professor of Physics
The University of Sao Paulo, IFUSP-DFMA
For more information: finger delyra@latt.if.usp.br
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